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[AOD9604]

My mother recently showed interest in perhaps pinning GHK daily, but doesn’t want to mess with drawing from the vial mostly because of her poor depth perception. Would there be any issue with sterility if I prepare her a her dose the night before, with the cap on the syringe? That way she can just take the syringe from my mini fridge in the morning and not have to worry about messing with a vial.

 

[CheesyPotato]

Generally, I think it's safe overnight, as long as it's properly sealed. I have a plastic case (eye glasses) that I sterilize, and use that when I need to prefill.

 

[sheilarae74]

I been filling my syringe the night before since I started taking GHK-CU. Sometimes I do that for my reta too. I just put it in the door of my fridge. I make sure the cap is on the needle part and I haven't had any problems.

 

[Romulusguy]

Consider using pens if vision is an issue. They have precise markings and are MUCH easier to see either under a magnifying glass or up close. That said, while that's not something I do, I have read several anecdotes on this forum of people who measure their doses in syringes for the week and claim they have no issues. In other words, I have seen it as a common practice, so long as you maintain cleanliness (alcohol wipe any time a needle touches a vial rubber stopper, and a filter is also a good idea).

 

[RubbaDubba1]

I've had up to 4 weeks of syringes sitting in the fridge preloaded, you should be fine. I got more than 1 going on (ha) so I label ziploc bags with peptide, dose, etc. Keep them upright (cap up) in a coffee cup or something. It's your risk tolerance or mom's, it seems like alot of people don't have a problem with doing a week or two I've read about.

 

[CNCCurrency]

My mother recently showed interest in perhaps pinning GHK daily, but doesn’t want to mess with drawing from the vial mostly because of her poor depth perception. Would there be any issue with sterility if I prepare her a her dose the night before, with the cap on the syringe? That way she can just take the syringe from my mini fridge in the morning and not have to worry about messing with a vial.

I do it all the time for morning pins, just throw them in the fridge

 

[Romulusguy]

My mother recently showed interest in perhaps pinning GHK daily, but doesn’t want to mess with drawing from the vial mostly because of her poor depth perception. Would there be any issue with sterility if I prepare her a her dose the night before, with the cap on the syringe? That way she can just take the syringe from my mini fridge in the morning and not have to worry about messing with a vial.

This is a neat syringe magnifier for low vision people: https://consumerguide.diabetes.org/products/injection-aids/insul-eze

 

[CheesyPotato]

This is a neat syringe magnifier for low vision people: https://consumerguide.diabetes.org/products/injection-aids/insul-eze

This is a great tool! I had come across it in the ADW diabetes site awhile back, and was joking around that some day I may need it. Well, I think that "some day" is closer than I think lol especially with the .3 syringes

 

[deluge]

Another vote for switching to a pen.

The only finicky part of pens is loading/filtering the cartridge, and changing the needle. Obviously you could filter/load the cart. Each cart holds 25 doses the way I mix it.

I don't want to kick off another huge debate (although I did enjoy reading the pile-on when Fisherman2356 broached this subject last year), but I was recently speaking with a nurse (has 30+ yrs experience) who said I'm nuts to be changing the pen needle every day.

Apparently it is common practice to change the needle 1x/wk in the diabetic world.

 

[BNLFL]

This is a neat syringe magnifier for low vision people: https://consumerguide.diabetes.org/products/injection-aids/insul-eze

That's pretty slick.

 

[AlexSilver]

Another vote for switching to a pen.

The only finicky part of pens is loading/filtering the cartridge, and changing the needle. Obviously you could filter/load the cart. Each cart holds 25 doses the way I mix it.

I don't want to kick off another huge debate (although I did enjoy reading the pile-on when Fisherman2356 broached this subject last year), but I was recently speaking with a nurse (has 30+ yrs experience) who said I'm nuts to be changing the pen needle every day.

Apparently it is common practice to change the needle 1x/wk in the diabetic world.

Even if there were no issues contamination-wise, I have to say, OUCH! Dull needles suck. Screw that.